Hale & Iremonger

Hale & Iremonger is an Australian independent publisher. It was founded in 1977 by Sylvia Hale, John Iremonger and Roger Barnes.[1]

Hale & Iremonger
Founded1977
FounderSylvia Hale, John Iremonger & Roger Barnes
Country of originAustralia
Headquarters locationSydney

John left the company in 1980, moving to Allen & Unwin.[2] By 2002, when Sylvia became involved in NSW state politics,[3] some 500 books had been published on politics, urban history, women's studies and poetry.[1]

In 2010 Hale & Iremonger's list was bought by Michael Rakusin, formerly of Tower Books.[4]

Selected publications

Books published by Hale & Iremonger include:

Nonfiction
  • Bettison, Margaret; Summers, Anne (1979). Her story : Australian women in print 1788–1975. Anne Roberts (photographer). Hale & Iremonger. ISBN 978-0-908094-52-3.
  • Roe, Jill, ed. (1980). Twentieth century Sydney : studies in urban and social history. Hale & Iremonger in association with the Sydney History Group. ISBN 978-0-908094-62-2.
  • Webby, Elizabeth (1982). Early Australian poetry : an annotated bibliography of original poems published in Australian newspapers, magazines & almanacks before 1850. Hale & Iremonger. ISBN 978-0-908094-91-2.
  • Dawson, Madge; Radi, Heather, eds. (1984). Against the odds fifteen professional women reflect on their lives & careers. Sydney, NSW Hale & Iremonger. ISBN 978-0-86806-183-2.

Biography and autobiography
  • Magarey, Susan (1985). Unbridling the tongues of women : a biography of Catherine Helen Spence. Hale & Iremonger. ISBN 0868061506.
  • Moyal, Ann (1995). Breakfast with Beaverbrook : memoirs of an independent woman. Hale & Iremonger. ISBN 978-0-86806-569-4.
  • Stewart, Douglas (1983). Springtime in Taranaki : an autobiography of youth. Hale & Iremonger. ISBN 978-0-86806-096-5.

Poetry
  • Dobson, Rosemary (1984). The three fates & other poems. Hale & Iremonger. ISBN 978-0-86806-133-7. Winner of the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry, 1985[5]
  • Kefala, Antigone (1988). European notebook. Hale & Iremonger. ISBN 978-0-86806-335-5.
  • Skrzynecki, Peter; Dickerson, Robert (1989). Night swim : poems (1978–1988). Hale & Iremonger. ISBN 978-0-86806-363-8.
  • Tranter, John (1982). Selected poems. Hale & Iremonger. ISBN 978-0-86806-029-3.

Authors

Other authors of books published by Hale & Iremonger include Doris Brett, Hazel Edwards, Ross Fitzgerald, Libby Gleeson, Robert Hughes, Grace Karskens, Mark O'Connor, Ron Pretty.[1]

References
  1. "Hale and Iremonger". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  2. "John Iremonger". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. "Ms Sylvia Phyllis HALE, BA LLB DipEd (1942–)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  4. "Rakusin acquires Hale & Iremonger". Books+Publishing. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  5. "Poetry prize to Rosemary Dobson". The Canberra Times. Vol. 60, no. 18, 292. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 October 1985. p. 29. Retrieved 15 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.


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